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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| noisome | noxious |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |