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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| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
| freebooter | pirate |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |