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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| poise | balance |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| dissension | disagreement |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |