GRE Word List
VICTUALS
food usable by people
The meaning of the word victuals is food usable by people.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
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| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| 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 |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |