GRE Word List
DEMOLITION
the act of demolishing
The meaning of the word demolition is the act of demolishing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imprecation | curse |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| docile | easily taught |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| fluke | flatfish |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
