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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| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
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