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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WordMeaning
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
flaccidnot firm or stiff
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
cronea cruel or ugly old woman
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
representationalone that represents: such as
casualsubject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
putativecommonly accepted or supposed