GRE Word List

EDIFICE

building

The meaning of the word edifice is building.

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WordMeaning
blareto sound loud and strident
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
chancellorthe secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
premonitorygiving warning
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert