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 |
|---|---|
| nurture | training |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| scintilla | spark |
| dingy | dirty |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| representational | one that represents: such as |