GRE Word List
EPICUREAN
believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.
The meaning of the word epicurean is believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N..
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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persist | continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent |
eerie | weird; causing fear because strange |
inter | bury; N. interment |
hoax | trick which makes someone take action; practical joke; Ex. hoax mail; V. |
promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
ethnology | study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology |
entreat | plead; ask earnestly |
overturn | turn over; capsize; topple |
stratagem | deceptive scheme; clever trick |
decoy | lure or bait; V. |