GRE Word List
CRAVE
to ask for earnestly : beg
The meaning of the word crave is to ask for earnestly : beg.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lax | loose |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| fester | to generate pus |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| 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 |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |