GRE Word List
OCCIDENT
west
The meaning of the word occident is west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| asunder | into parts |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |