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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| diadem | crown |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| unfrock | defrock |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |