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 |
|---|---|
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| junket | trip |
| 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 |