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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WordMeaning
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
porouspossessing or full of pores
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
diffidencethe quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
foistto introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
brusquemarkedly short and abrupt
gyroscopea 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