GRE Word List
EPICUREAN
of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
The meaning of the word epicurean is of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| trappings | outward signs |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |