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

WordMeaning
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
speechlessunable to speak : dumb
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
whimsywhim
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
collateto compare critically
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated