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 |
|---|---|
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| debonair | suave |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |