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 |
|---|---|
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| plane | airplane |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |