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
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
abjureto renounce upon oath
addenduma thing added : addition
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
abominateto hate or loathe intensely : abhor
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
scurvya disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light