GRE Word List
EXCISE
an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
The meaning of the word excise is an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| exude | to ooze out |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |