GRE Word List
MEMORIAL
serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |