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 |
|---|---|
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| progeny | descendants |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |