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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |