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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| comprise | to be made up of |