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 |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |