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 |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| countenance | look |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| tyranny | oppressive power |