GRE Word List
CISTERN
reservoir or water tank
The meaning of the word cistern is reservoir or water tank.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debutante | young woman making formal entrance into society |
| swagger | walk or behave with an over-confident manner |
| exiguous | small in amount; minute |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| inalienable | not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights |
| unaccountable | unexplicable; impossible to account for; unreasonable or mysterious |
| subaltern | subordinate |
| embezzlement | taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care) |
| disquietude | uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious |
