GRE Word List

CALORIFIC

caloric

The meaning of the word calorific is caloric.

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anointto smear or rub with oil or an oily substance
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
juga large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle
blighta disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
voodooa religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication