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 |
|---|---|
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| enduring | lasting |
| abnegation | denial |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |