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 |
|---|---|
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |