GRE Word List
ROTUNDA
a round building
The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |