GRE Word List

ROTUNDA

a round building

The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.

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WordMeaning
commemorateto call to remembrance
hostilitydeep-seated usually mutual ill will
finishedentirely done
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air