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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| clime | climate |
| defer | put off |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |