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 |
|---|---|
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |