GRE Word List
OBELISK
an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid
The meaning of the word obelisk is an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| predecessor | one that precedes |