GRE Word List
ZEST
a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
The meaning of the word zest is a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| farce | stuff |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| retiring | reserved |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |