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 |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |