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monolithic The sheer monolithic rock face of Yosemite's El Capitan looks impossible to climb, but its cracks and seams are enough for experienced rock climbers. ˌmɑnəˈlɪθɪk

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(1) Appearing to be a huge, featureless, often rigid whole. (2) Made up of material with no joints or seams. The -lith in monolith comes from the Greek lithos, “stone,” so monolith in its original sense means a huge stone like those at Stonehenge. What's so impressive about monoliths is that they have no separate parts or pieces. To the lone individual, any huge institution or government bureaucracy can seem monolithic. But the truth may be different: The former U.S.S.R. once seemed monolithic and indestructible to the West, but in the 1990s it crumbled into a number of independent republics

word	monolithic
definition	(1) Appearing to be a huge, featureless, often rigid whole. (2) Made up of material with no joints or seams.
eg_sentence	The sheer monolithic rock face of Yosemite's El Capitan looks impossible to climb, but its cracks and seams are enough for experienced rock climbers.
explanation	The -lith in monolith comes from the Greek lithos, “stone,” so monolith in its original sense means a huge stone like those at Stonehenge. What's so impressive about monoliths is that they have no separate parts or pieces. To the lone individual, any huge institution or government bureaucracy can seem monolithic. But the truth may be different: The former U.S.S.R. once seemed monolithic and indestructible to the West, but in the 1990s it crumbled into a number of independent republics
IPA	ˌmɑnəˈlɪθɪk

Monolithic Rock Monolith Huge Appearing Featureless Rigid Made