osculate - to bring into close contact or focus, to kiss, to come into close contact of union
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Osculating_circle.svg
Monday, April 21, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - osculate
GRE Vocabulary - vaudeville
vaudeville - light, comic, theatrical stage performance consisting of various acts
GRE Vocabulary - volant
volant - having wings extended as in ready to fly, capable of or ready to fly, quick, nimble
Sunday, April 20, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - maven
maven - trusted expert in any field who seeks to pass on knowledge to others, freak
GRE Vocabulary - kingling kinglet
kinglet = kingling - weak, petty or little king, ruler of small and unimportant kingdom
GRE Vocabulary - kimono
kimono - long loose robe with wide sleeves, fastened with a broad sash, traditional outer garment worn by the Japanese
GRE Vocabulary - kiln
kiln - thermally insulated oven or furnace for baking, drying or burning industrial products
Friday, April 18, 2008
GRE Vocabualary - quadrate
quadrate - square area or cubic space;
GRE Vocabulary - humbug dupe take-in
humbug - deceit, hoax, trick
dupe(n) - person easily fooled, gullible
dupe(n) - duplicate
dupe(v) - to cheat, guile, cozen,
take-in - swindling, cheating, deception
GRE Vocabulary - huckster
huckster (n) - hawker, peddler, person creating promotional material for commercial use in radio or tv
huckster (v) - to haggle, deal in bargaining, promoting by showmanship
GRE Vocabulary - homonym homophone vs homograph
homonym - homophone = word pronounced alike but different in meaning
homograph - words spelled alike but different in meaning
GRE Vocabulary - hosiery
hosiery - knitwear, hose, a knitted cloth leg covering that sometimes covers the foot, stocking
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Stockings.jpg
Thursday, April 17, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - stiletto
stiletto - pointed instrument used to create or enlarge holes for eyelets or embroidery
stiletto (heel) - high thin heel on women's shoes
stiletto - long slender dagger with thick blade used for stabbing
GRE Vocabulary - thanatological
thanatological - description of the study of phenomenon of death and psychological means of coping with it
GRE Vocabulary - oratorio
oratorio - lengthy choral religious work without play, dialog, or interaction between the characters or elaborate props or costumes, It consists of solo voices, chorus or orchestra only
GRE Vocabulary - operetta
operetta - light romantic comedy in dialog and music that includes song and dancing
GRE Vocabulary - octavo
octavo - book or a collection of paper cut eight from the original sheet by means of three folds
GRE Vocabulary - obtrude
obtrude - to become unduly prominent, to force, impose, or push oneself without justification or request, intrude, to thrust out or extrude
GRE Vocabulary - obvert
obvert - to turn so as to present another point of view, to alter the appearance
GRE Vocabulary - oakum
oakum - loosely twisted hump or jute fibre impregnated with tar used for caulking seams and packing joints
GRE Vocabulary - novelette novella
novelette - novella , compact and pointed plot, length between short story and a novel
GRE Vocabulary - navel
navel - depression in the middle of abdomen which is location of attachment of umbilical cord to the foetus
GRE Vocabulary - moccasin
moccasin - a soft leather healless shoe, with sole and sides of one piece stitched together at the top
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
GRE Vocabulary - morphology
morphology - study of form and structure of words, animals, plants, rocks in relation to topography
GRE Vocabulary - muster
muster - act of collecting together for examination or military inspection; representative sample
GRE Vocabulary - mitre miter
mitre - surface forming the edge of joint of two pieces meeting at a angle
miter = mitre = liturgical headdress worn by abbots and bishops
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