GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |