GRE Word List
NOMENCLATURE
name
The meaning of the word nomenclature is name.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| overweening | arrogant |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |