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 |
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| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| welter | writhe |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
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| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |