GRE Word List

NOMENCLATURE

name

The meaning of the word nomenclature is name.

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WordMeaning
supplicantone who supplicates
rantto talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
dirgea song or hymn of grief or lamentation
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
inebriateone who is drunk
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with