obelisk

nounCommon GRE wordMore O words

a tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, typically erected as a monument

In a sentence

Obelisk in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing obelisk in a sentence.

The ancient obelisk stood at the center of the plaza, covered in hieroglyphic inscriptions.

Synonyms

pillarmonolithcolumnmonument

Antonyms

None listed.

Keep going

a stupid, clumsy, or boorish person

stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or course of action

a gesture or attitude of deep respect or submission

showing deferential respect or submissive obedience

grossly overweight to a degree that poses a health risk

to make something deliberately unclear or confusing

the act of making something deliberately unclear or confusing

tending to make something deliberately obscure, confusing, or unclear

Common questions

Obelisk (noun) means a tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, typically erected as a monument

Here is obelisk used in an example sentence: "The ancient obelisk stood at the center of the plaza, covered in hieroglyphic inscriptions."

Common synonyms for obelisk include pillar, monolith, column, monument.

Obelisk is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.