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 |
|---|---|
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| whimsy | whim |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| collate | to compare critically |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |