GRE Word List
CATECHISM
oral instruction
The meaning of the word catechism is oral instruction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| docile | easily taught |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |