GRE Word List
DEMOLITION
the act of demolishing
The meaning of the word demolition is the act of demolishing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| trance | stupor |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |