GRE Word List
PEDESTAL
the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
The meaning of the word pedestal is the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration.
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| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| untenable | not able to be defended |