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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| brink | edge |
| 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 |
| onus | burden |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| inert | lacking the power to move |