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 |
|---|---|
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| dominate | rule |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |