GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| demure | reserved |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |