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
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perdition | eternal damnation |
mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
impetus | a driving force : impulse |
groom | bridegroom |
rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |