GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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cedeto yield or grant typically by treaty
reproveto scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
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misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
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synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
witherto become dry and sapless