GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
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| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
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