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 |
|---|---|
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| query | question |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |