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 |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| reverberate | reflect |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |