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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misadventure | misfortune |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |