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 |
|---|---|
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| guileless | innocent |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |