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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |