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 |
|---|---|
| descry | to catch sight of |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |