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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| encompass | include |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| thespian | actor |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |