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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |