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 |
|---|---|
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |