GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| wry | twist |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| puerile | juvenile |