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
gistessence; main point; substance
briman upper or outer margin : verge
deifyto make a god of
constraintthe act of constraining
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
dys-abnormal
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
smudgeto make a smudge on