GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
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epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
parched | deprived of natural moisture |
impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
pudding | blood sausage |
paradigm | example |
ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |