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 |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |