GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |