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 |
|---|---|
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |