GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
Random words
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| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
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| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
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