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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salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
retract | to draw back or in |
pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |