GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |