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 |
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| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |