GRE Word List
MNEMONIC
assisting or intended to assist memory
The meaning of the word mnemonic is assisting or intended to assist memory.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| cataclysm | flood |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| sentinel | sentry |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |