GRE Word List
EUPHEMISM
the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
The meaning of the word euphemism is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |