GRE Word List
EPITOME
a typical or ideal example : embodiment
The meaning of the word epitome is a typical or ideal example : embodiment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
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| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| violate | break |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |