GRE Word List
EPITOME
a typical or ideal example : embodiment
The meaning of the word epitome is a typical or ideal example : embodiment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| scintilla | spark |