GRE Word List
PSEUDONYM
a fictitious name
The meaning of the word pseudonym is a fictitious name.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |