GRE Word List
CASTE
one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
The meaning of the word caste is one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| scourge | whip |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |