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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inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
raptlifted up and carried away
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
zealota zealous person
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
parodya literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit