GRE Word List
OCCIDENT
west
The meaning of the word occident is west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |