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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distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
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murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
partialitythe quality or state of being partial : bias
bigotryobstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot
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citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)