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

WordMeaning
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
cadeta younger brother or son
affirmationthe act of affirming
propellantcapable of propelling
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
constituenta member of a constituency
inanimatenot animate:
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing
preemptto acquire (something, such as land) by preemption