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 |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| aptitude | inclination |