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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WordMeaning
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
insensatelacking sense or understanding
dankunpleasantly moist or wet
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
scaffolda temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid