GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| refrain | curb |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |