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 |
|---|---|
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| portly | dignified |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |