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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |