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 |
|---|---|
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |