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 |
|---|---|
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |