GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demented | mad |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |