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 |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| lode | waterway |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |