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 |
|---|---|
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |