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 |
|---|---|
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| flighty | swift |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| random | a haphazard course |