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 |
|---|---|
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| diadem | crown |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| sidetrack | siding |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |