GRE Word List
RELIC
an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr
The meaning of the word relic is an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |