GRE Word List
TRINKET
a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
The meaning of the word trinket is a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| 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 |