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 |
|---|---|
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |