GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |