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
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
itinerarythe route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
desolatedevoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
gradationa series forming successive stages
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil