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 |
|---|---|
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
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| ossify | to change into bone |
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