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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
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