GRE Word List

MEMORIAL

serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative

The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.

Random words

WordMeaning
pluckto pull or pick off or out
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
tokena piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms
requiteto make return for : repay
fissurea narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting
fortitudestrength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
surlymenacing or threatening in appearance
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans