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 |
|---|---|
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |