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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |