GRE Word List
ORIFICE
an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
The meaning of the word orifice is an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |