GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| forlorn | bereft |