GRE Word List
CISTERN
an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater)
The meaning of the word cistern is an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| demise | death |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |