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 |
|---|---|
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
