GRE Word List
TERMINOLOGY
the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject
The meaning of the word terminology is the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| 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 |