GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
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| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
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