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 |
|---|---|
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| precipitant | precipitate |