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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |