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 |
|---|---|
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |