GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| trenchant | keen |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| forlorn | bereft |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |