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 |
|---|---|
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |