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 |
|---|---|
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| whimsy | whim |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |