GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| clip | encompass |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| beeline | a straight direct course |