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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |