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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |