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 |
|---|---|
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |