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 |
|---|---|
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| boor | peasant |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| dyslexia | a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |