GRE Word List
ROTUNDA
a round building
The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| verge | brink |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |