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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| delve | excavate |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |