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 |
|---|---|
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| steep | lofty |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |