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 |
|---|---|
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |