GRE Word List
EDIFICE
building
The meaning of the word edifice is building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |