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

WordMeaning
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
requiteto make return for : repay
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings