GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| ploy | escapade |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |