GRE Word List
NOURISHMENT
food
The meaning of the word nourishment is food.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| reverie | daydream |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| 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 |