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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| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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