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 |
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whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
omnipotent | almighty |
blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
sear | being dried and withered |
nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
cemetery | a burial ground |
finite | having definite or definable limits |
cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |