GRE Word List
VITAL
of the utmost importance
The meaning of the word vital is of the utmost importance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |