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 |
|---|---|
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |