GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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WordMeaning
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
obscuredark
artifactsa usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
finesserefinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture
pulchritudephysical comeliness
motea small particle : speck
slackento make less active : slow up
confoundto throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition