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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| Word | Meaning |
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| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
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| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |