GRE Word List

RATION

a food allowance for one day

The meaning of the word ration is a food allowance for one day.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
jollitythe quality or state of being jolly : merriment
primethe second of the canonical hours
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
judiciarya system of courts of law
agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager
collateto compare critically
knottymarked by or full of knots