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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| provident | frugal |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |