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 |
|---|---|
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| plane | airplane |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| random | a haphazard course |
| exude | to ooze out |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |