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 |
|---|---|
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| bauble | trinket |