GRE Word List
ORIENTATION
the act or process of orienting or of being oriented
The meaning of the word orientation is the act or process of orienting or of being oriented.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |