GRE Word List

DELVE

excavate

The meaning of the word delve is excavate.

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festerto generate pus
swearto utter or take solemnly (an oath)
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
severto put or keep apart : divide
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
mustyimpaired by damp or mildew : moldy
shiftto exchange for or replace by another : change
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible