GRE Word List

VIAND

an item of food

The meaning of the word viand is an item of food.

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gyroscopea 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
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
cedeto yield or grant typically by treaty
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
decrepitudethe quality or state of being decrepit
defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
trampletramp