GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| overweening | arrogant |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |