GRE Word List
GRUEL
a thin porridge
The meaning of the word gruel is a thin porridge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| aver | to declare positively |
| amend | to put right |
| shack | hut |