GRE Word List

MEMORIAL

serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative

The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.

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stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
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thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
padrea Christian clergyman
glossa surface luster or brightness : shine
ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
churlishof, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
privyprivate
unwontedbeing out of the ordinary : rare