GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| reek | smoke |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |