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 |
|---|---|
| hive | box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
| histrionic | theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior |
| scavenge | hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion |
| diverse | differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance |
| thermal | pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air |
| clamor | loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous |
| cognitive | having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing |
| bicker | quarrel |
| quietude | tranquillity; calmness |
