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

WordMeaning
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
reprisala retaliatory act
squeamisheasily nauseated : queasy
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
germanebeing at once relevant and appropriate : fitting