GRE Word List
MEMORIAL
something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative
The meaning of the word memorial is something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply |
| craft | skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning |
| replete | fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |
| inopportune | untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen |
| imperturbable | unshakably calm; placid |
| suppress | put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth |
| debauch | corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol) |
| ingrained | deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice |
| gestate | evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth |