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 |
|---|---|
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |