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 |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| gnome | maxim |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |