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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| auroral | dawn |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| quisling | traitor |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |