GRE Word List
GRUEL
a thin porridge
The meaning of the word gruel is a thin porridge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |