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 |
|---|---|
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |