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 |
|---|---|
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| potentate | ruler |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |