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 |
|---|---|
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |