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 |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |