GRE Word List

VIAND

an item of food

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

Random words

WordMeaning
trimto remove by or as if by cutting
harpinga plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
commandeerto compel to perform military service
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
posthumousborn after the death of the father
matriculateto enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
meniala person doing menial work
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point