GRE Word List
NOURISHMENT
food
The meaning of the word nourishment is food.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trappings | outward signs |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| enhance | heighten |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |