GRE Word List
DELVE
excavate
The meaning of the word delve is excavate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| niggle | trifle |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |