GRE Word List
DORMER
a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
The meaning of the word dormer is a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |