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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |