GRE Word List
EPISODIC
made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
The meaning of the word episodic is made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |