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 |
|---|---|
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |