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 |
|---|---|
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
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| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
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