GRE Word List
ALIAS
otherwise called : otherwise known as
The meaning of the word alias is otherwise called : otherwise known as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |