GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |