GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| fulcrum | prop |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |