GRE Word List

APPELLATION

an identifying name or title : designation

The meaning of the word appellation is an identifying name or title : designation.

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WordMeaning
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
coniferany 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
uninhibitedfree from inhibition
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot