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 |
|---|---|
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| scion | descendant |
| freebooter | pirate |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| imprecation | curse |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |