GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| contrive | devise |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |