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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| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
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| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |