GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

Random words

WordMeaning
bureaucracya body of nonelected government officials
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
grotesquea 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
deputizeto appoint as deputy
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
effluviuman invisible emanation
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
botchan inflammatory sore
selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
sapthe fluid part of a plant