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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| impuissance | weakness |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |