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 |
|---|---|
| categorical | absolute |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |