GRE Word List
EPICUREAN
believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.
The meaning of the word epicurean is believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent |
| eerie | weird; causing fear because strange |
| inter | bury; N. interment |
| hoax | trick which makes someone take action; practical joke; Ex. hoax mail; V. |
| promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
| ethnology | study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology |
| entreat | plead; ask earnestly |
| overturn | turn over; capsize; topple |
| stratagem | deceptive scheme; clever trick |
| decoy | lure or bait; V. |
