GRE Word List
DORSAL
an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
The meaning of the word dorsal is an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar.
Random words
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| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| lewd | obscene |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |