GRE Word List
APOTHEOSIS
the perfect form or example of something : quintessence
The meaning of the word apotheosis is the perfect form or example of something : quintessence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |