GRE Word List
ARCADE
a long arched building or gallery
The meaning of the word arcade is a long arched building or gallery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |