GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| dour | stern |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |