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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molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
retrench | cut down |
implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
redress | to set right : remedy |
complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |