GRE Word List
EPOCH
an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
The meaning of the word epoch is an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development.
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Word | Meaning |
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bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
decree | an order usually having the force of law |
tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
orator | one who delivers an oration |