GRE Word List

MARTYR

a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion

The meaning of the word martyr is a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion.

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impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
overtopen to view : manifest
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
fractioustending to be troublesome : unruly
appriseto give notice to : tell
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
invertto reverse in position, order, or relationship
banea source of harm or ruin : curse