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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| Word | Meaning |
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| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |