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 |
|---|---|
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |