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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |