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 |
|---|---|
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |