GRE Word List
RATION
a food allowance for one day
The meaning of the word ration is a food allowance for one day.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| alleviate | relieve |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
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