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 |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
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| asunder | into parts |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |