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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hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
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sharda piece or fragment of a brittle substance
platitudethe quality or state of being dull or insipid
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
apostateone who commits apostasy
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
recastto cast again
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described