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 |
|---|---|
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |