GRE Word List
WHIT
the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
The meaning of the word whit is the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |