GRE Word List
APPELLATION
an identifying name or title : designation
The meaning of the word appellation is an identifying name or title : designation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |