GRE Word List
ECCENTRICITY
the quality or state of being eccentric
The meaning of the word eccentricity is the quality or state of being eccentric.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |