GRE Word List

VIAND

an item of food

The meaning of the word viand is an item of food.

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vacuousemptied of or lacking content
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
accedeto express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
trappingsoutward signs
courtthe residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation