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 |
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| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| rider | one that rides |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |