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 |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| sheer | unqualified |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |