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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |