GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |