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 |
|---|---|
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |