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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perspicuityplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
deploreto feel or express grief for
kernelthe inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime
togathe loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
pseudonyma fictitious name
vigilthe act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary
gargantuantremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin