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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a 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") |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| mammal | any 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 |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |