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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| desiccate | to dry up |