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 |
|---|---|
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| vixen | a female fox |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |