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 |
|---|---|
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |