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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
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