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 |
|---|---|
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |