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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| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
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| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |