GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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rileto make agitated and angry : upset
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly
gossamera film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
puerilejuvenile
pareto trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
senilitythe quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage