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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |