GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |