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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| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
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| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
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| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |