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 |
|---|---|
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| demise | death |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |