GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| fester | to generate pus |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| headlong | headfirst |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |