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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| onus | burden |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |