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 |
|---|---|
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| sidetrack | siding |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| arid | excessively dry |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| viable | capable of living |