GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |