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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prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
unfrock | defrock |
hortatory | hortative |
pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |