GRE Word List
UNILATERAL
done or undertaken by one person or party
The meaning of the word unilateral is done or undertaken by one person or party.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| 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 |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |