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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| commune | talk over |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |