GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |