GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |