GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |