GRE Word List
RELIC
surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.
The meaning of the word relic is surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetish | object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism |
| overblown | inflated; exaggerated |
| stint | supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint |
| remit | transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment |
| corpulent | very fat; N. corpulence |
| redoubtable | formidable; causing fear |
| vigilant | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance |
| carcinogenic | causing cancer; N. carcinogen |
| untenable | (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible; not able to be maintained |
| pendant | hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.) |
