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 |
|---|---|
| resign | relegate |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |