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 |
|---|---|
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| fabricate | invent |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |