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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decipher | decode |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| impuissance | weakness |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |