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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |