GRE Word List
EPAULET
ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)
The meaning of the word epaulet is ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disband | dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded. |
| spectrum | colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts |
| trifle | something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt |
| pore | study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; Ex. pore over the book; N. |
| contention | assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition |
| cathartic | purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. |
| loom | appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth |
| detraction | slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor |
| impuissance | powerlessness; feebleness |
| uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
