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
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
meteto give out by measure : dole out
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
spryable to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
corollarya proposition (see proposition
tethera line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement
aloftat or to a great height