GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| pitfall | trap |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |