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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |