GRE Word List
FACADE
the front of a building
The meaning of the word facade is the front of a building.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |