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 |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |