GRE Word List
ROTUNDA
a round building
The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |