GRE Word List

COLANDER

a perforated utensil for washing or draining food

The meaning of the word colander is a perforated utensil for washing or draining food.

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redolentexuding fragrance : aromatic
piousmarked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
bestowto put to use : apply
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
meteto give out by measure : dole out
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor