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 |
|---|---|
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |