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In its oldest sense, a relic is an object or a body part that remains from some long-dead holy person, like a saint or a ma____ (a person who died for their beliefs). An original relic, then, maybe have been a hair, or a finger. Ew.
"Relic" traces back to a Latin word meaning "remains: something left back, or left behind."
Part of speech:
Pick the common, formal word "relic" when you need to strike a tone that's serious, religious, or scholarly.
"The 'out' sounds like 'oot,' a relic of Dad's Canadian upbringing."
Explain the meaning of "relic" without saying "remnant" or "vestige."
Sometimes when I see the number 30, I mentally sing this jingle from an old local TV ad: "One-thirty-thirty Shawnee Mission Parkway: Rouse's Barbecue. Yeehaw!"
Try to spend 20 seconds or more on the game below. Don’t skip straight to the review—first, let your working memory empty out.
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The opposite of a RELIC could be
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