GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |