GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| cataclysm | flood |