GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| romp | one that romps |
| prank | trick |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| countenance | look |