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 |
|---|---|
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |