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 |
|---|---|
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| realm | kingdom |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| exhume | disinter |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |