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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WordMeaning
renounceto give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
pompositypompous demeanor, speech, or behavior
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
antecedeprecede
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life