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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agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
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philatelista specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps
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belittleto speak slightingly of : disparage
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
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