GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invalid | not valid: |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |