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

WordMeaning
balkto refuse abruptly
comatoseof, resembling, or affected with coma
discretionindividual choice or judgment
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
wispya small handful (as of hay or straw)
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
prosperousauspicious
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
coupletwo persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
donto put on (an article of clothing)