GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| prattle | prate |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| residual | remainder |