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 |
|---|---|
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| pending | during |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |