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 |
|---|---|
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |