GRE Word List

SYMMETRY

balanced proportions

The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.

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dioramaa scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
draftthe act of drawing or pulling in a net
specka small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise