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 |
|---|---|
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| veracious | truthful |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |