GRE Word List

CONSOLE

an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament

The meaning of the word console is an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament.

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museto become absorbed in thought
delugean overflowing of the land by water
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
herpetologista branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
certitudethe state of being or feeling certain
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
recountto relate in detail : narrate