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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| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| dour | stern |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| influx | a coming in |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |