GRE Word List
MEMORIAL
serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.
Random words
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| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |