GRE Word List
COMMEMORATIVE
intended as a commemoration
The meaning of the word commemorative is intended as a commemoration.
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|---|---|
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
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| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| encompass | include |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| kismet | fate |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |