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 |
|---|---|
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| reckon | count |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| demise | death |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |