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 |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |