GRE Word List
OCCIDENT
west
The meaning of the word occident is west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |