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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |