GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
stenchstink
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
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
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
acclaimapplaud
douseto plunge into water