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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|---|---|
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| aver | to declare positively |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |