GRE Word List
FROCK
an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
The meaning of the word frock is an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit.
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| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |