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 |
|---|---|
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |