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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| grate | grating |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| encompass | include |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |