GRE Word List
FACADE
the front of a building
The meaning of the word facade is the front of a building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |