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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |