GRE Word List

CROSS

a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution

The meaning of the word cross is a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution.

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commemorativeintended as a commemoration
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executorone who executes something
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
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warrantsanction
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated