GRE Word List

TORQUE

a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion

The meaning of the word torque is a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion.

Random words

WordMeaning
illusorybased on or producing illusion : deceptive
asinineextremely or utterly foolish or silly
masticateto grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew
bullya blustering, browbeating person
varnisha liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating
luminousemitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light
insightfulexhibiting or characterized by insight
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
gyroscopea 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
sustainto give support or relief to