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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|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| disport | sport |
| poise | balance |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |