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 |
|---|---|
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| swill | wash |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |