GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| consort | associate |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |