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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| freebooter | pirate |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |