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.
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boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
convoluted | having convolutions |
hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
combustible | capable of combustion |
infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |