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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| evenhanded | fair |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
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| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |