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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| duration | continuance in time |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| dire | exciting horror |