GRE Word List

CATECHISM

oral instruction

The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.

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WordMeaning
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
bacchanalorgy
dynamogenerator
compulsivehaving power to compel
immobilitynot moving : motionless
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
odiumthe state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance