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

WordMeaning
environencircle
rigto fit out with rigging
solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console
callousbeing hardened and thickened
pastichea literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
farcestuff
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable