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 |
|---|---|
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| congruent | congruous |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |