GRE Word List
MAROON
a dark red
The meaning of the word maroon is a dark red.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |