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 |
|---|---|
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |