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 |
|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |