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 |
|---|---|
| concentric | having a common center |
| amity | friendship |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| microcosm | a little world |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| paramour | lover |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |