GRE Word List
ANOINT
to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
The meaning of the word anoint is to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| warrant | sanction |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |