GRE Word List

COMMEMORATE

to call to remembrance

The meaning of the word commemorate is to call to remembrance.

Random words

WordMeaning
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
stereotypeto make a stereotype from
contextthe parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end