GRE Word List
VIAND
an item of food
The meaning of the word viand is an item of food.
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| 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 |
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| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
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| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
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