GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| tawny | of the color tawny |