GRE Word List

ROTUNDA

a round building

The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.

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lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
cherubican order of angels see celestial hierarchy
ravenousrapacious
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
influxa coming in
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify