GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| belie | to give a false impression of |