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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
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| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| seemly | good-looking |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |