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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |