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 |
|---|---|
| wry | twist |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |