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 |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| mendicant | beggar |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |