GRE Word List
TOME
book
The meaning of the word tome is book.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| 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 |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |