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 |
|---|---|
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |