GRE Word List
CREMATE
to subject to cremation
The meaning of the word cremate is to subject to cremation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |