GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| dilute | attenuate |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |