GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
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|---|---|
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| ram | a male sheep |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| hubbub | noise |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |