GRE Word List

DELVE

excavate

The meaning of the word delve is excavate.

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WordMeaning
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
clientelea body of clients
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
figurinea small carved or molded figure : statuette
delusivelikely to delude
animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
thwartto oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of
purgeto clear of guilt
nauseateto become affected with nausea
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries