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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| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| brawny | muscular |
| steep | lofty |