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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| lewd | obscene |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |