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 |
|---|---|
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
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| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |