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 |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| heed | to pay attention |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| progeny | descendants |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |