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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| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
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