GRE Word List

CATECHISM

oral instruction

The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.

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narrativesomething that is narrated : story
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
invalidateto make invalid
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
sullengloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
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motea small particle : speck
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion