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 |
|---|---|
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| eventual | contingent |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| freebooter | pirate |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| constraint | the act of constraining |