GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |