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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| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |