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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |