GRE Word List
ALIAS
otherwise called : otherwise known as
The meaning of the word alias is otherwise called : otherwise known as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| scourge | whip |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |