GRE Word List
EPICURE
one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine
The meaning of the word epicure is one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
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| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |