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 |
|---|---|
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| query | question |