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 |
|---|---|
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |