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 |
|---|---|
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |