GRE Word List
FACADE
the front of a building
The meaning of the word facade is the front of a building.
Random words
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| collate | to compare critically |
| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
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| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |