GRE Word List
ENDEARMENT
a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection
The meaning of the word endearment is a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| quarry | game |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |