GRE Word List
TALISMAN
an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune
The meaning of the word talisman is an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| attentive | mindful |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| wanton | merciless |