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

WordMeaning
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
drabslattern
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
militateto have weight or effect
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets