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 |
|---|---|
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |