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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |