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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
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| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
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