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 |
|---|---|
| stringent | tight |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| romp | one that romps |