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

WordMeaning
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
communalof or relating to one or more communes
trancestupor
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
stoketo poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel
slipshodwearing loose shoes or slippers
demurereserved
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind