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 |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| ram | a male sheep |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| shack | hut |