GRE Word List
MAUVE
a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
The meaning of the word mauve is a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| potentate | ruler |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |