GRE Word List

EDIFICE

building

The meaning of the word edifice is building.

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timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
beelinea straight direct course
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
cavalcadea procession (see procession
undulatinghaving a wavy surface, edge, or markings
shama trick that deludes : hoax
peerlessmatchless
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order