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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WordMeaning
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
crochetneedlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle
sneakto go stealthily or furtively : slink
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
maverickan unbranded range animal
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
stockadea line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
stentorianextremely loud
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify