GRE Word List
ARCADE
a long arched building or gallery
The meaning of the word arcade is a long arched building or gallery.
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| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
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