GRE Word List
ALIAS
otherwise called : otherwise known as
The meaning of the word alias is otherwise called : otherwise known as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| nourish | nurture |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |