GRE Word List
PINNACLE
an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
The meaning of the word pinnacle is an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| lampoon | satire |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |