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 |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| refrain | curb |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| concentric | having a common center |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |