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 |
|---|---|
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| hurl | rush |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| rotunda | a round building |
| dour | stern |