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 |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| outgoing | going away : departing |