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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| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
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| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |