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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| asunder | into parts |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |