GRE Word List
EUPHONY
pleasing or sweet sound
The meaning of the word euphony is pleasing or sweet sound.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reaper | one that reaps |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| retrench | cut down |