GRE Word List
EON
an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age
The meaning of the word eon is an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| laud | praise |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |