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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WordMeaning
stipulateto make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract
inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
consummateextremely skilled and accomplished
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
banka mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
overwhelmupset
slougha place of deep mud or mire
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol