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 |
|---|---|
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |