GRE Word List

COMMEMORATIVE

intended as a commemoration

The meaning of the word commemorative is intended as a commemoration.

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WordMeaning
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
touchingcapable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
phariseea 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
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
impedimentsomething that impedes
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
squeamisheasily nauseated : queasy
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint