GRE Word List
ROTUNDA
a round building
The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |