GRE Word List
VENUE
locale
The meaning of the word venue is locale.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quorum | a select group |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| 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 |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |