GRE Word List
SHERBET
flavored dessert ice
The meaning of the word sherbet is flavored dessert ice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hovel | shack; small wretched house |
| gratuity | tip |
| cater | provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind) |
| rhetoric | art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who knows it ?'' |
| thwart | block or hinder; baffle; frustrate |
| weather | pass safely through (a storm or difficult period); endure the effects of weather or other forces |
| dilapidated | falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation |
| ruse | trick to deceive; stratagem |
| dictum | authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing) |
| rout | put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat |
