GRE Word List
THRESH
to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically
The meaning of the word thresh is to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |