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 |
|---|---|
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| bauble | trinket |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |