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 |
|---|---|
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| hortatory | hortative |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |