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 |
|---|---|
| raspy | harsh |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
