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 |
|---|---|
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| laud | praise |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |