GRE Word List
SYMMETRY
balanced proportions
The meaning of the word symmetry is balanced proportions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |