GRE Word List
COMMEMORATIVE
intended as a commemoration
The meaning of the word commemorative is intended as a commemoration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |