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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| exhume | disinter |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |