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 |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| plait | pleat |