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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imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
meditationa discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
antisepticopposing microbial infection
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
institutionan established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
determinatehaving defined limits