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 |
|---|---|
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |