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 |
|---|---|
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| primal | original |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |