GRE Word List

DELVE

excavate

The meaning of the word delve is excavate.

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incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
sparseof few and scattered elements
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly
perigeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth
zeniththe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration
onerousinvolving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome