GRE Word List
EPAULET
something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
The meaning of the word epaulet is something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| imprecation | curse |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |