GRE Word List
DEMOLITION
the act of demolishing
The meaning of the word demolition is the act of demolishing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| freebooter | pirate |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| 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 |
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