GRE Word List
MORTICIAN
undertaker
The meaning of the word mortician is undertaker.
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| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| aver | to declare positively |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |