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 |
|---|---|
| consort | associate |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |