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 |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| nomenclature | name |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |