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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| verbalize | to express something in words |