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 |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| commune | talk over |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| juncture | a point of time |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |