GRE Word List
VICTUALS
food; provisions; V. victual: provide with food
The meaning of the word victuals is food; provisions; V. victual: provide with food.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chorus | phrase repeated throughout a song or poem |
| turmoil | extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil |
| unimpeachable | that cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary |
| stock | standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique |
| fetish | object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism |
| bowdlerize | expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler |
| acoustics | science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
| mercantile | concerning trade or merchants |
| deflect | turn aside; turn away from a straight course |
| mace | ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon |
