GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |