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 |
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embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
rip | to tear or split apart or open |
shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
executor | one who executes something |