GRE Word List
MORTAR
a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
The meaning of the word mortar is a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| ebullient | boiling |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |