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 |
|---|---|
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| obscure | dark |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |