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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanal | orgy |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| lode | waterway |
| veracious | truthful |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |