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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WordMeaning
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
appeasepacify
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
promptto move to action : incite
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite