GRE Word List
COMMEMORATE
to call to remembrance
The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |