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 |
|---|---|
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| viable | capable of living |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| guy | man |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |