GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |