GRE Word List
DECANT
to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
The meaning of the word decant is to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| drab | slattern |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |