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 |
|---|---|
| premonitory | giving warning |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |