GRE Word List
DICTUM
a noteworthy statement: such as
The meaning of the word dictum is a noteworthy statement: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slake | subside |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| implode | to burst inward |