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 |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |