GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning
gourmeta connoisseur of food and drink
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
triggera piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
disbarto expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin