GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| pilfer | steal |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| dynamo | generator |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| replicate | duplicate |
| bulk | magnitude |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |