GRE Word List

DELVE

excavate

The meaning of the word delve is excavate.

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flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
pusillanimouslacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
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plummetto fall perpendicularly
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
discordantbeing at variance : disagreeing
arcaneknown or knowable only to a few people : secret
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
gastronomythe art or science of good eating
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand