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 |
|---|---|
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| congenial | pleasant |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |