GRE Word List
MEMORIAL
serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |