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 |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| wreak | bring about |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |