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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WordMeaning
chafeirritate
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
naivetea naive remark or action
cringeto recoil in distaste
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
centrifugea machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects
tridenta 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune)