GRE Word List
VIAND
an item of food
The meaning of the word viand is an item of food.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| 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 |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| trappings | outward signs |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |