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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| dire | exciting horror |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |