GRE Word List
EPITOME
a typical or ideal example : embodiment
The meaning of the word epitome is a typical or ideal example : embodiment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |