GRE Word List

MEMOIR

an official note or report : memorandum

The meaning of the word memoir is an official note or report : memorandum.

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extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
plummetto fall perpendicularly
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair
compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed
slanderto utter slander against : defame
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate