GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |