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 |
|---|---|
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |