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 |
|---|---|
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| fell | skin |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |