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 |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| diadem | crown |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |