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 |
|---|---|
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |