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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| fulcrum | prop |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |