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 |
|---|---|
| exhume | disinter |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |