GRE Word List
CRAVE
to ask for earnestly : beg
The meaning of the word crave is to ask for earnestly : beg.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| faculty | ability |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| chivalrous | valiant |