GRE Word List

MEMORIAL

serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative

The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.

Random words

WordMeaning
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
arrayto dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn
franticemotionally out of control
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
aristocracygovernment by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden
meagerhaving little flesh : thin
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity