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 |
|---|---|
| wreak | bring about |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| render | to melt down |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| wont | accustomed |