GRE Word List
ROTUNDA
a round building
The meaning of the word rotunda is a round building.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| writ | something written : writing |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |