GRE Word List
PSEUDONYM
a fictitious name
The meaning of the word pseudonym is a fictitious name.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| mendicant | beggar |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| application | an act of applying: |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |