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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astigmatisma defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image
laxloose
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
derangedmentally unsound : crazy