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 |
|---|---|
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |