GRE Word List
PISCATORIAL
pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces
The meaning of the word piscatorial is pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces.
Random words
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tickle | touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please |
doctrinaire | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
criteria | standards used in judging; CF. criterion |
confine | shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement |
prescience | ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient |
rationale | fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action |
anarchy | absence of governing body; state of disorder |
obstreperous | boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable |
upbraid | reprimand; severely scold |
buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |