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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| rectify | to set right : remedy |
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| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
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| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |