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 |
|---|---|
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| fester | to generate pus |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |