GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |