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.
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| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
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| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |