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 |
|---|---|
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |