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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WordMeaning
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
itineranttraveling from place to place
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate