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 |
|---|---|
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| lag | one that lags or is last |