GRE Word List
ABLUTION
the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
The meaning of the word ablution is the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |