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 |
|---|---|
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| categorical | absolute |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |