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

WordMeaning
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
renditionthe act or result of rendering something: such as
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
dazeto stupefy especially by a blow : stun
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
thralla state of servitude or submission
astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past