GRE Word List
REPAST
something taken as food : meal
The meaning of the word repast is something taken as food : meal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| whimsy | whim |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |