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 |
|---|---|
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |