GRE Word List
ICON
a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
The meaning of the word icon is a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |