GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |