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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |