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 |
|---|---|
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| malediction | curse |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |