GRE Word List
CITADEL
fortress
The meaning of the word citadel is fortress.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| correlation | mutual relationship |
| impair | injure; hurt; damage |
| scaffold | temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution |
| bedraggle | wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled |
| lumber | move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
| catechism | book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize |
| reverie | daydream; abstracted musing |
| metaphor | implied comparison; CF. simile |
| compress | force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc. |
| perspicuity | clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity |
