GRE Word List
APPELLATION
an identifying name or title : designation
The meaning of the word appellation is an identifying name or title : designation.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppliant | supplicant |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |