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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wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
pragmatista practical approach to problems and affairs
gerontocracyrule by elders
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
leave-takingdeparture
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
convivialrelating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company
shavingthe act of one that shaves