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 |
|---|---|
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| defer | put off |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |