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.
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| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |