GRE Word List
OCCIDENT
west
The meaning of the word occident is west.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| stench | stink |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| grotesque | a 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 |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| acclaim | applaud |
| douse | to plunge into water |