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 |
|---|---|
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| scourge | whip |
| wry | twist |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |