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 |
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excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
didactic | designed or intended to teach |
incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
disconcert | to throw into confusion |
cadaver | a dead body |
pathological | of or relating to pathology |
insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |