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 |
|---|---|
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| concordat | compact |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| defer | put off |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |