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 |
|---|---|
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| nomenclature | name |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |