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 |
|---|---|
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| residual | remainder |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |