GRE Word List

LIONIZE

to treat as an object of great interest or importance

The meaning of the word lionize is to treat as an object of great interest or importance.

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pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
poignancythe quality or state of being poignant
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functionaryone who serves in a certain function
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
striatedmarked with striations or striae
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)