GRE Word List
DISTILL
to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
The meaning of the word distill is to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| lunar | crescent |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |