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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| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
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| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
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| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |