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 |
|---|---|
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |