GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |