GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |