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 |
|---|---|
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |