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 |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| slake | subside |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |