GRE Word List

EDIFICE

building

The meaning of the word edifice is building.

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hullthe outer covering of a fruit or seed
libidoinstinctual 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
amenableliable to be brought to account : answerable
gyroscopea 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
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
gorgea narrow passage through land
potpourria mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent
alcovea small recessed section of a room : nook
dolta stupid person
remoteseparated by an interval or space greater than usual