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 |
|---|---|
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| reckon | count |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |