GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
atypical | not typical : irregular |
valid | having legal efficacy or force |
lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
acetic | vinegary |
reprise | a musical repetition: |
ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |