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.
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| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
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