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obelisk

nounCommon GRE wordMore O words

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

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Obelisk in a sentence

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

Synonyms
pillarmonolithcolumnmonument
Antonyms

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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.

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