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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |