GRE Word List
CITADEL
a fortress that commands (see command
The meaning of the word citadel is a fortress that commands (see command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |