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 |
|---|---|
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| stench | stink |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |