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 |
|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| executor | one who executes something |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |