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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WordMeaning
misogynista person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
chaffthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
indeliblethat cannot be removed, washed away, or erased
puzzleto offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different