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 |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |