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 |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| realm | kingdom |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |