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 |
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| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |