GRE Word List
TOTEM
an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry
The meaning of the word totem is an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| predecessor | one that precedes |