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 |
|---|---|
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |