GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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quintessencethe fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies
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infallibleincapable of error : unerring
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engenderbeget
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lexicographeran author or editor of a dictionary
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb