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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| ancillary | subordinate |