GRE Word List
VICTUALS
food usable by people
The meaning of the word victuals is food usable by people.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| lode | waterway |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |