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 |
|---|---|
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |