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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scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
attireto put garments on : dress
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
cadaverousof or relating to a corpse
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable