GRE Word List
OCCIDENT
west
The meaning of the word occident is west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| courier | messenger |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |