GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |