GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |