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 |
|---|---|
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| mendicant | beggar |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |