GRE Word List
MEMORIAL
serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
The meaning of the word memorial is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |