GRE Word List
GRUEL
a thin porridge
The meaning of the word gruel is a thin porridge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| abnegation | denial |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |