GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| ramification | branch |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| impenitent | not penitent |