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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| whittle | a large knife |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |