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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| Word | Meaning |
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| trappings | outward signs |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
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| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
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