GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| raiment | clothing |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |