GRE Word List
COMMEMORATIVE
intended as a commemoration
The meaning of the word commemorative is intended as a commemoration.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |