GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |