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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |