Exam: GRE (Verbal)

Definition: To act as a person or group standing outside a place to protest or to show support for a cause.

Example: The workers decided to picket outside the factory to demand better wages.

Definition: A pointed stake or post that is often used to support a fence or mark a boundary, or a person or group standing outside a place to protest or express grievances.

Example: The workers set up a picket outside the factory to demand better wages.

Definition: To enclose or secure an area with pointed stakes or to guard a place by placing people in a specific position, often during a strike or protest.

Example: The workers decided to picket outside the factory to protest against unfair wages.

Definition: A person who stands outside a place to protest or show support for a cause, often holding signs.

Example: The picketer stood outside the factory, urging others to join the strike.

Definition: A very small unit of mass equal to one trillionth of a gram.

Example: The scientist measured the substance in picograms to ensure accuracy.

Definition: A very small unit of measurement used in chemistry, equal to one trillionth of a mole.

Example: The concentration of the substance was measured in picomoles per liter.

Definition: A type of very small virus that can infect animals and is made of RNA surrounded by a protein shell. This group includes viruses that cause diseases like polio and foot-and-mouth disease.

Example: The picornavirus is responsible for several common illnesses, including the common cold.

Definition: A very short unit of time equal to one trillionth of a second.

Example: The computer processes data in picoseconds, making it incredibly fast.

Definition: Relating to a type of yellow acid that is bitter and used in various chemical processes.

Example: The laboratory used picric acid for its experiments due to its unique properties.

Definition: A bitter and poisonous substance that comes from a specific vine and is used as a stimulant, particularly to treat certain types of poisoning.

Example: Doctors sometimes use picrotoxin as an antidote for barbiturate overdoses.

Definition: To represent or illustrate something using pictures or images.

Example: The artist was able to pictorialize the beauty of nature in her paintings.

Definition: The process of creating a simplified language that combines elements from different languages, often used for communication between people who do not share a common language.

Example: The pidginization of the local dialect helped traders communicate more easily with foreign visitors.