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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| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |