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 |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| championship | designation as champion |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |