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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WordMeaning
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
addlerotten
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
doggedmarked by stubborn determination
gauntexcessively thin and angular
diffidencethe quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
paleontologya science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
sonicutilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves