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 |
|---|---|
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| purse | a small bag for money |