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.

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reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
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extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
scurryto move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper
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