GRE Word List
COMMEMORATIVE
intended as a commemoration
The meaning of the word commemorative is intended as a commemoration.
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|---|---|
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| provenance | origin |
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| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
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| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| mortician | undertaker |
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