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 |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |