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 |
|---|---|
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |