GRE Word List
VIAND
an item of food
The meaning of the word viand is an item of food.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |