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 |
|---|---|
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |