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 |
|---|---|
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| poise | balance |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |