GRE Word List
ALIMENTARY
of or relating to nourishment or nutrition
The meaning of the word alimentary is of or relating to nourishment or nutrition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| 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 |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |