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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| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |