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 |
|---|---|
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| prank | trick |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |