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 |
|---|---|
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| crass | gross |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |