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

WordMeaning
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
arcaneknown or knowable only to a few people : secret
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
embellishto make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
retractto draw back or in
hailprecipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument