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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |