GRE Word List
MEMENTO
something that serves to warn or remind
The meaning of the word memento is something that serves to warn or remind.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
