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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| osseous | bony |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |