GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |