GRE Word List
SHERBET
a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice
The meaning of the word sherbet is a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| welter | writhe |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |