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 |
|---|---|
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |