GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| championship | designation as champion |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |