GRE Word List
COLLATION
a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
The meaning of the word collation is a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coalesce | to grow together |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| scourge | whip |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| predetermine | foreordain |