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 |
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engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
didactic | designed or intended to teach |
flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |