GRE Word List
VISAGE
the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal
The meaning of the word visage is the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal.
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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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| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
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