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 |
|---|---|
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |