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 |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| shack | hut |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |