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 |
|---|---|
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |