GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
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|---|---|
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| impuissance | weakness |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
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| stilted | pompous |
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