GRE Word List

CATECHISM

oral instruction

The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.

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ployescapade
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savorthe taste or smell of something
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pragmatista practical approach to problems and affairs
vertebrateany 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
wastrelvagabond
shamblesa meat market
solitudethe quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain