GRE Word List
EPITAPH
an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
The meaning of the word epitaph is an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |