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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| append | attach |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| refraction | deflection 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 |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |