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 |
|---|---|
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| canny | clever |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |