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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |