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 |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| tome | book |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| guileless | innocent |
| mystic | mystical |