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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| Word | Meaning |
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| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| impuissance | weakness |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| 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 |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |