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 |
|---|---|
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| drab | slattern |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |